Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sandholme and Hive are two hamlets side by side , where many years ago the inhabitants must have lived in blissful seclusion amid a farming community . |
| 2 | They half ran , half dodged , in the general direction of home , playing their ball game , in blissful ignorance of the fact that Anne Hanvey was late because she had gone shopping first . |
| 3 | The Doctor ducked back behind a stairwell as two sailors walked by , talking loudly and animatedly in blissful ignorance of the intruder . |
| 4 | Jamie Blandford admitted things were different for him than for his predecessors , most of whom he described as living in blissful ignorance of the world . |
| 5 | But this implies that a single random increase in aggregate demand in the current period can set up a serially correlated movement or boom in real output over a number of subsequent periods . |
| 6 | Lay support from the ranks of the rural gentry and the urban tradesmen had been vital in preserving Nonconformity during the years of repression after the Restoration . |
| 7 | In genetival relation with a personal name it can be taken for granted that , has a metaphorical meaning , e.g. " the way of Jeroboam " ( 1 Kgs 15.34 ; 16.2 ) , " the way of David " ( 2 Kgs 22.2 ) . |
| 8 | All vitamins and essential minerals are necessary to assist in normal functioning of the thousands of different chemical reactions that make up the body 's metabolism . |
| 9 | In isolated cell membranes of colorectal cancers a second smaller β 1 chain ( 105 kD non-reduced ) was found as well as the mature β 1 ( 116 kD non-reduced ) present in normal mucosa of the colon . |
| 10 | All our efforts to restore unity among Christians will be in vain if they are not carried out in total fidelity to the faith in Christ … handed on by the Apostles . ’ |
| 11 | Resource allocation mechanisms are always contentious but because of reduced real growth in total funding in the current year debate over the way resources are shared between and within regions has intensified . |
| 12 | Bar service enabled various different rooms , or cabins within rooms , to be served from a central point ; many late-Victorian pubs had a sequence of separate private bars serve from a single bar-counter , in total contrast to the current fashion for single-room pubs . |
| 13 | Inside was in total contrast to the pockmarked exterior . |
| 14 | Vertical cliffs overhung by trees plunge down to a tumult of waters in a sunless channel , a scene of evil portent , a black pit in total contrast to the bright woodland above and along the fringes of the gulf , the summer foliage partly obstructing the downward view — to the despair of enthusiastic photographers . |
| 15 | In total contrast to the problems facing speech recognition , which will be looked at in a moment , the task of electronically generating speech has pretty much been mastered . |
| 16 | His use of location shooting , natural lighting , and lay actors stood in total contrast to the older expressionist cinema . |
| 17 | As I had been enjoying Marlborough , which in atmosphere , personnel , and not least location , was in total contrast to the Sloane School , Chelsea , I no doubt gave him a slightly rose-tinted account of the life there . |
| 18 | What Ken hated most of all when working was being alone — in total contrast to the facet of the man who wanted no company at all when he was n't fully employed . |
| 19 | That the aggregate wealth of society is as high as it can be is of no moral value in itself ; what counts is the effect of increases in total wealth on the welfare of the individuals who make up society . |
| 20 | He goes on to make the point that the Scots possessed advanced tastes and understanding in literature , with a Latin poetry that ‘ would have done honour to any nation ’ , but then ponders aloud — no wonder he offended them so — why ‘ men thus ingenious and inquisitive were content to live in total ignorance of the trades by which human wants are supplied , and to supply them by the grossest means . |
| 21 | Not really believing it , and in total ignorance of the can of worms she was about to open , she asked , ‘ Are there many with that name in the area ? ’ |
| 22 | He could n't remember the transition from sofa to bed , but he must have made it because he woke up there in total darkness with a headache and a blocked nose and a sense that something was not quite right . |
| 23 | A fairly modest plan in England , announced in 1980 , had by 1989 been expanded to 25,000 new places , an increase , at a cost of £1,000 m. , of almost 60 per cent in total capacity by the mid-1990s . |
| 24 | The Western alliance appeared to be in total disarray as the USA supported a United Nations resolution calling for a cease-fire in Egypt , which her allies reluctantly accepted . |
| 25 | But she was forced to snatch her gaze away in total disarray at the sight of the way his thick dark hair was curling in delicate wet tendrils over his forehead . |
| 26 | They were in total disarray from the start . |
| 27 | Each man stood in total silence at the end of his bed in the at-ease position , his locker open behind him . |
| 28 | Frankly , Mr. Speaker , if you are obliged to continue to apply the archaic rule in total contradiction of the balance of the parties in Scotland , this place will look increasingly irrelevant to the people of Scotland . |
| 29 | You can speak in total confidence to the Editor . ’ |
| 30 | I 'm absolutely convinced it can , and particularly now that you 'll have a government in East Germany which will be , on all the important questions , in total accord with the government in West Germany . |